The BII Group, in co-operation with the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), and the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), will host the first Global IPv6 Transition Test Event from 12-15 November this year in Beijing. This four-day test event will evaluate the status of vendor support for the various methods of transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6 networks. This event is supported by the IETF, the IPv6 Forum and the Broadband Forum. The event will attract network equipment vendors, specialists in interworking and network interconnection, as well as ISPs who are in the process of migrating their networks to IPv6. The goal of this event is to verify the maturity of IPv6 transition technologies and to promote the transition and adoption of IPv6 worldwide.